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Born February 21, 1801 • London • England
Died August 11, 1890 (aged 89) • Birmingham • England
Notable Works “An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent” • “Apologia pro Vita Sua” • “Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine” • “Idea of a University” • “Lectures on the Prophetical Office of the Church” • “Lyra Apostolica” • “Parochial and Plain Sermons” • “Tracts for the Times” • “University Sermons”
Subjects Of Study Oxford movement • Roman Catholicism
Role In Oxford movement

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
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